ignoring orders from superiors to help save the lives of others and what degette in return when asked our government for help that was watching in real time? nothing. and the cia is rejecting the notion that requests for help were denied by them. now, according to a spokesman we can say with confidence that the agency reacted quickly to aid our colleagues during that evening in benghazi. no one at any level in the cia told anybody not to help those in need. claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. today earlier during a local interview, president obama did what he always does, he dodged the question. listen to this. >> were the americans under attack at the consulate in benghazi libya denied requests for help during that' tack? >> the election has nothing to do with four brave americans getting killed and us wanting to find out exactly what happened. these are folks who served under mely that had sent to dangerous places. nobody wants to find out more what happened than i did but we want to make sure that we get it right particularly because i made a commitment to the families impacted as well